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EOS 1D MK II

There has been a flurry of sensor talk over the last few weeks, though we haven’t posted much about it because most of it cannot be confirmed with any sort of certainty.
We’re now told that a brand new 32.5mp APS-C sensor is slated to arrive in an EOS M camera as well as in a DSLR sometime in 2019. This comes shortly after being told that an all-new 24mp APS-C sensor was on the way.
The source claims they’re “100% certain” that this sensor is coming in 2019.
I cannot confirm this information, so please take it with a grain of salt. It is rated [CR1].

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Why don't CaNikon give big, bright 100% magnification OVFs for their top of the line APS-C bodies? That will be a really useful upgrade! Such EVFs are already available from PanyOly and Fuji on their action focused cameras.

EOS RP

Seems pretty legit to me. Looks like the sensor that was registered along with the RP and it makes a ton of sense.

Scaled up to full frame, this yields a 83 MP sensor. Which may well be what the 70+ sensor for the high res R camera is going to be.

And this 32 MP sensor is for the M5 and 80D/7D replacements. I personally find that much more interesting than all the R and RP related topics. I mean, would Canon really push resolution this aggressively, seeing as they already struggle so much with sensor speed? Looks to me like a sign that they are changing something about that issue and want to exploit it by going all out on resolution.

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I so hope this is for the M5 coming. Add IBIS and I will have my M5 I have been looking to get so I can use my FD and older Canon lenses. Many are beautifully compact and the excellent FD/FL 100-200mm f5.6 would look (and work) great on the M5.

EOS M50

The M5 was and is clearly intended as the mirrorless sibling of the 80D and actually represented the first but quiet transition of merging the 7Dx line and x0D line, that Canon has recently opened up to. Look at the specs of the 80D and M5 and it is quite clear just from specs that in a number of ways the M5 exceeded the 80D (e.g. 50% higher display resolution) for as little it conceded to the 80D (Canon could not completely cut the legs out from the 80D). Assuming Canon is moving forward with the merging of the 7Dx line and x0D line, then an even higher spec'd M5 II makes sense (along with a bump in price).
TLDR: The M5 is not really meant as an entry level camera, given the M50 and M100. a 32.5 MP would be great even if Canon did not significantly improve the ISO (Canon: you better) from the sheer fact that, like the A7R II/III, you can use that bigger image to downsize back to a 20+ MP image where the noise is reduced by downsampling.

EOS RP

Seems pretty legit to me. Looks like the sensor that was registered along with the RP and it makes a ton of sense.

Scaled up to full frame, this yields a 83 MP sensor. Which may well be what the 70+ sensor for the high res R camera is going to be.

And this 32 MP sensor is for the M5 and 80D/7D replacements. I personally find that much more interesting than all the R and RP related topics. I mean, would Canon really push resolution this aggressively, seeing as they already struggle so much with sensor speed? Looks to me like a sign that they are changing something about that issue and want to exploit it by going all out on resolution.

EOS T7i

I am a nature & wildlife shooter, so I have a bias. If we are truly getting new sensor technology, here is my wish list:

Keep the 24-26 mp range for both the M5 II and x0D

Deliver image quality comparable to my 1dxII or 5dIV

ISO performance equal to or surpass my 1dxII

more dynamic range would be nice

Frame rate in the 12 FPS range with an unlimited RAW buffer

100% viewfinder

Single slot in the M5II, dual in the x0D.

Full sensor width video @4k 60fps, although I am not a video shooter

blazingly fast and accurate Eye AF (Human & animal)

I know I am asking more than will ever be delivered, but you can dream. I would love to have this camera in an M5 body so that I could throw it in the bag as a backup for my 1dxII. I would pay comparable prices for a Canon M5 II that meets or exceeds the Fuji X-T3 with my Canon lenses. I like my M5, but it certainly has its issues.

EOS RP

I am a nature & wildlife shooter, so I have a bias. If we are truly getting new sensor technology, here is my wish list:

Keep the 24-26 mp range for both the M5 II and x0D

Deliver image quality comparable to my 1dxII or 5dIV

ISO performance equal to or surpass my 1dxII

more dynamic range would be nice

Frame rate in the 12 FPS range with an unlimited RAW buffer

100% viewfinder

Single slot in the M5II, dual in the x0D.

Full sensor width video @4k 60fps, although I am not a video shooter

blazingly fast and accurate Eye AF (Human & animal)

I know I am asking more than will ever be delivered, but you can dream. I would love to have this camera in an M5 body so that I could throw it in the bag as a backup for my 1dxII. I would pay comparable prices for a Canon M5 II that meets or exceeds the Fuji X-T3 with my Canon lenses. I like my M5, but it certainly has its issues.